Pesticides: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 25803 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a levy for the cost of disposing pesticide products.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 28 Jan 2025
The Government is not currently considering a levy for the safe and legal disposal of pesticide products. All pesticide users should follow good practice in the use, storage and disposal of pesticide products, and work to reduce the amount of waste they p...